Monday was Memorial Day and Kevin was home! Yay! First thing in the morning we went for a hike! That's what we did last year! Maybe we are making a new tradition? This time we took the left trail at the second bench and took the Spring Creek Canyon Trail all the way to where it meets the road that goes up Camel's Back. It was beautiful! So green this time of year and the weather was nice and cool! Mariah, Chey, Cali, Beth, and Ben came with us. Five miles up and back with a climb of 1700 feet. Fun times!

The party wasn't done yet! Kevin wanted to reward everyone for their hard work in finishing their school years so we all met at Barnes and Noble that evening (including Savannah, Sarah and McKay, Megan and Ammon) and Kevin bought everyone a book! So generous and everyone just loved it. There's nothing like a trip to the bookstore! Thanks, Dad!

Tuesday through Friday went back to our usual routine. Savannah is still enjoying a bit of vacation before she starts looking for a new job. Mariah worked with Sarah everyday but is also starting to work on her Vietnamese through her pre-MTC class. Megan worked with Sarah some days and also has been looking for a job.

Cali and Chey continued working on class work for Driver's Ed all week. They finished Saturday! Yay! That has taken a lot of time and they are so glad it is done! Now they really feel like they are done with school for the summer. They also played a lot of tennis--open courts have started again plus their weekly lesson. Chey also has been playing a lot of basketball--open gyms started again, too! Cali decided she is happier without basketball in her life and will let Chey go that direction while filling her life with other things. Sounds great to me!

Cali and Chey also organized a hike for their friends this week! They invited all "The Fellas" and "The Amigas" who collectively are "The Flamingos," and they went up the right fork at the second bench. They didn't want to miss the sunrise (and they liked the added element of adventure and craziness) so they left at 4am! About 15 of them went and they had a great time playing games on top of the mountain waiting for the sun to come up. They came back to donuts and juice and played some GaGa ball before going back home. I'm so glad they planned something that brought them such happiness!

Ben had his friends (the Browskis) over three times this week and it was great to watch them play outside, jump on the trampoline, and attack each other with the hose. Beth went to the park with a friend once this week and they both went to the pool on Saturday with Beth's friend, Lily.

Saturday would have been the Art City Days Fun Run which we participate in EVERY year with about 2000 other people. Because of COVID19, it was cancelled months ago. However, we decided we would run it anyway! Megan made us shirts and we met at the starting line at 8:30. We ran (or walked and ran) the whole 5K and cheered for each other at the finish line! Afterwards, we came back to the house for a big waffle breakfast made by Kevin, of course, and then had a prize-drawing consisting of prizes we all donated for each other. We had a great time!